Closure cap



Patented Nov. 28, 1933 "oLosURE GAP y Kyle E. Stant, Connersville, Ind.

Apoliootion ootobor' 1, 1932. serial No. '635,840 i "7 C1aims. (ci.22o-24) Itis the general object of this invention toprovide a closurecap having means permitting quick attachment and detachment to containerfiller spouts or vtank openings.

5 An important object of the invention is to pro-r videl in a hinge typeclosure cap comprising a Vcollar and lid, clamping means permittingthecollar'to be quicklysecured to the lillerspout against bothroiation andaxial displacement rela- 1'0 tive to the spout. y

Another object of the inventionrcontemplates "construction permitting anunobstructed opening through the center of the collar havingsubstantiallyequal area with the ller tube opening, for,A 11,5 entranceof a round nozzle.

yIt is a further object of the invention to provideuniversal-.'"clamping hooks on the collar which 'function tosecure aspecic collar tightly -to any number of different ller spouts havinganges 'w20 thereon fof variable heights andwidths'..

This, as well as other,I objects,wil1 become more f apparent uponconsideration of the drawing and descriptionspecifically.,relatedfthereta NJ' @Figi is a pla'n viewof'arc'ollarcarryingthe 25 clamps constituting details ofn-myinvention. .1

Fig. 2 Vis a sectional velevation of `thecomplete ller top emb'odyingmyinvention, mounted upon apiiller spout, also shownV in sectiom f Fig.'3is an'inverted plan view 'of vthe ll'er top T30 embodying my invention,mountedin position on ra'spout, the sectionfof which is taken on theVline 3 3 of Fig. 2. f

i Fig. 4 is a fragmental perspectiveview of the collar vwhichl`'constitutes van important detailof v-`my invention.

which `constitutes another detail of l my invention. Fig. 6 isafragmental sectional elevation taken .l (1 0-online 6'-6.of Fig.1',fshowingjthe'cooperation between the collar, the clamp', and thefiller spout at the time my improved ller top structureisjbef Yingplaced in position on the spout for the -purpose of .fastening itthereto. f

Fig. 7 isa` view similar to Fig. 6*y but showing 'the next step takenandtheposition assumed by vtheV parts'or the structure I havedisclosedffol- -l'owingth'e initial step disclosed inFig. 6. Fig". 8 isa view similar to Figs. 6 and 7," but showing the completely mounted andclamped relationship ofthe parts of the structure embodying myinvention, in which `the collar and clamp are shown in locked conditionon the filler spout.

Fig. 9 is a fragmental sectional elevationshow- Fig. 5 isa perspectiveviewofa clamp which cooperates with the collar shown in Fig. 4, andvsubstantially horizontal .'plane. Theprincipal elementsembodied in myinven-` in cooperation with the collare andtspout.-

, screw'` and clampfin the 'structure function 1 in a `tion area collarllwhichis tobe'mounted upon 6,0y the iiller spout 12,and-clamps 13which, at suitable intervalsabout ihefinner periphery ofithe collar, areadapted to .engage andlockgthe collar to the ller spout'12, as shownandas' will bedescribed. Cooperating with these elements is 4a cloj- `65.

surecap 14 which is mounted upon'the collar in a v mannerv topreventthe'escape of fluid from the tank equipped with the Vfiller spouty12;'and'which is attached to theoollar by means `of a hing'ey15 sothatthe cap may: be swung' f ree from inter- 70 ference withithe openingthrough the'colla'r'and vet beflield against loss; or Adetachmenttherefrom.' The construction of the capj,-its seal, and

the hinge by meansof `whichit is attached torthe collar,A donotconstituteanypart'lofthis'finven- 7 5 tion and will notbedescribe'dspecifcally herein;

l In the conventional ller 'spouts .ofthe type emmobiles, th'eupperfedgelf the ller spoutvisr'iro-V "vided with V an inwardly for V'outwardlyextending 80 lthe roferonoevnumerarro; rfhavo ,utilizodithis f lu'gged,ange which is-"designated generallyi-'byf` flangevv `as the lockingmedium "by fwhich the ,coll-4 lar 11 'of.my inventionfLi-s securedinlocked' con dition upon thevllerspjoutfas' have'shownfin 85 Vthe drawingand as now willr'bedescribed.i;fThe collar 11l isprovided with aishoulder'fl'l lwhich carries an annularvgasket 18VK by means ofr which afluid-tight joint is formed between `the collar' and the nner spout. Atintervaisaboutfthe '1n- .cof

ner wall `ofthe collar` y11 Ifhave provided lu'gs1`9v and v20,=be'tweenwhich algroove 2l isjprovided for'the reception of theclampUlB, -two` ofrsuch grooves, located at diametrically opposite--p`iisiv tions,lhaving/been provided on the collar. '-I'n195 order that these clamps'may be securedinposition in their mountingfgrooves," I have provided ascrew threaded opening'f'22 in the bottom wall "of each-groove and'extending throu'ghthe'collar, for thereceptionoffa screw '23' having-'ataik1,00 pered shouldenpassing through ,theopening'24- of each clam-pand'adapted to seourefthe clamp in position, as now will be described; fif.;

Each .clamp jaw isY provided with adependin'g v *lower end or nger-25lextending alongsideoffthe `105 iiange -16 and may have 'a projectinglug26 which may engage the lower edge of the 4flangev when vthe Y collar issecured position on the llle'r spout in the following" -manner.=l'Ihefirst operationfin ing a structural variation of the clamp 'andscrew yn iounting the collar in'jposition ontheller spout, `110V Y aflange thereon, a collar mounted on the spout,

a clamp member on said collar having anrangular depending portion, meanson the collar adapted tol force the said dependingzportion in ,asubstantially horizontal direction relative to the collar and ange,`whereby the collar maybe clamped to the spout.

7. In combination, in a closure, `a spout having a ange thereon, acollarmounted on the I 1 spout, a clamp member on said collar having `adepending nger with a lug thereon, screw vmeans on the collar adapted toforce the finger in a substantially horizontal direction, whereby theco1- lar may be clamped tothe spout with the lug onl said fingerdisposed below said ange. n v

' Ev. STANT.

